Automatic stenotype-paper holder



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AUTOMATIC STENOTYPE PAPER HOLDER Filed May 2 1950 2 Sheets$heet 2 i ii v i i 3 1 A a 2 a 1 g I 5 a l 1 INVENTOR %z990fl7f N a i B VIZ/VA ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 10, 1931 PATENT OFFICE WI [LLIAM GORDON WAGGONER, PHOENIX, ARIZONA AUTOMATIC STENOTYPE-PAPER HOLDER Application filed m 27, 1930. Serial No. 45e,1s1.

(My. invention relates to the art of steno typing and it particularly has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, easily operated,'neat appearing device for receiving and holding the paper taken from the stenotype machine in its folded state and maintaining it in a position to be conveniently read by the operator.

Further, the invention has for its objectto provide a holder which sustains the paper in. an upright reading position and enables the paper to be turned as desired by simply turning a knobon the side of the holder.

Further, it is an object to provide a holder which in one part receives the folded pack taken from the stenotypemachine, unfolds it. as desired by the operator and refolds it into another pack in another part of the holder and at the same time exposes for reading those portions of the paper stripas extend from one pack to the other.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed outhereinafter.

To the attainmentof the aforesaid objects and ends, the invention still furtherresides in the novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first fully described in the fol lowing detailed description, then be particularly pointed out in theappended claims, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention in use.

Figure! is a of the same.

Figure 3. is a vertical longitudinal section showing apart of strip being conveyed from the lower chamber to the upper chamber in order to expose a new section of strip to view.

Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the case showing: the partition shelf. j

a Figure 5 is a detail perspective view of one end of the paper-sheet-loop transferring slide.

' Figure 6 is a detail. perspective view of the paper holding finger and its. actuating cam vertical longitudinal section and spring.

Figure as af ertaste 6f th holder with the paper removed and showing a modified form of the paper transferring slide.

Figure 8 is a detail perspective view of the upper end of the case showing the opening through which the finished pack may be withdrawn.

In the drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1 represents the case which is provided about midway of its length with a partition shelf 2 having a depending lip 3 and a forwardly projecting lip 4.

Arranged longitudinally of the case and on the side walls thereof are side guides 5 for the paper transferring slide. These guides 5 extend in the same plane to about the middle of the case and there merge with semi-circular slide end guides 6, the purpose of which will presently appear.

A rotatable shaft 7 is mounted in suitable bearings in the sides of the case 1 and is provided with a knob 8 by means of which the shaft may be turned. The shaft also carries cam members 24 at one end, the purpose of which will presently appear.

The shaft 7 is provided with openings 9 for the parallel longitudinal bars 10 of the slides to work in. The slide consists of the parallel bars 10 united by the end bars 11 from which end bars forwardly projecting feet extend. These feet consist of the forwardly projecting bars 12, the longitudinal bars 14 and the top and bottom cross bars 13, the latter having a right angled extension 15 85 serving as an edge stop for the paper.

The parts. 12, 13, 14- and 15 constitute the major foot. A minor foot is also provided which is spaced from the majorfoot and consists of a forwardly projectingfbar 16,

a cross bar 17 and a right angled projecting paper edgestop 18. The stops 15 and 18 he atopposite edges of the paper strip and the bars ,13 and 17 lie in alignment with each other but spaced apart to leave a sufiicient openingto enable the feet, topass the forwardly projecting lip 4 of the shelf 2.

. =19 designatesa rock shaft mounted in' a suitablebearing in the upper vend oflthe case ,1.- 1 .Thezrock shaft carries the paper (Iii holding finger 20 which is in the form of a bell crank lever. One portion of this bell crank lever projects through a slot in the side wall of the case 1 and has secured to it pivotally a rod 21, the rod 21. lying along the outside ol? the case and )rojecting down so as to have its end held in cooperative relation to the cam 24-. The rod 21 is held down into engagement with the cam by a suitable spring nd passes through a suitable bearing 23 on the side ot the case 1. Normally the lower end of the rod :21 lies against one of the flatfaces of the duplex cam member 21 and is adapted to be raised against the spring tension by the cam as the shaft 7 is turned in order to lower the paper holding finger 20 into parallelism and against the side wall ol the case 1 while a paper loop is being transl'crred "ti-om the lower compartment to the upper compartment.

The case 1. is sustained in its elevated position with the paper strip in its readable rela tion to the operator, by means of a supporting loot preferably having suitable rubber bumpers 26 to prevent scratching the desk on which the article is placed. The foot is hinged at 27 to the case 1 and when not in use is adapted to fold up tiatwise *ith the case, a thumb screw 28 being provided to tighten the hinge joint in either of its positions.

2.) is a stenotype paper which is folded in loops 30, the exposed face of the paper being indicated by 31 and the creases by instead of having the paper transferring slide in the. form ot a skeleton framework as in the first embodiment of the invention, the slide may be made as a plate 33 l'rom which major .tcet ill project at the respective ends, and minor feet 35 also. The feet 34 and 37 are provided with suitable paper side guides .lti correspomling in purpose and function to the guides 15 and 18.

\Vhen the plate slide is used the shaft 37 will have a transverse slot 39 in which the body of the slide plate 33 will move. It should be understood that the slot 39 of such size that the slide 33 will drop through it by gravity and likewise the openings 9 in the shaft T will be of such size as to permit the bars l0 freely to slide through the So far as described the manner in mich the invention operates will l'icstbe indicated as follows:

Assuming that the pack of folded strip has been placed in the lower chamber of the case, with the slide placed in the first fold of the strip, this exposes the firstpart of the strip to view. Yow when it is desired to bring a fresh section of the strip into view the operator turns the knob 8 in a clockwise direction which causes the slide 10 to be swung in the are of a circle hanng as its center the axis of the shaft 7 carrying with it the lower fold of the paper. As the shaftis termed and the slide with the lower fold of paper is moved up wardly, one of the cam elements 24 will force the rod 21 u nvardly against the tension of the spring 22 and thereby rock the finger 20 from the horizontal position within the upper loop to a vertical position outside the upper loop of the paper and between it and the adjacent side of the case. In turning from a horizontal to a vertical position the slide 10 will be held from dropping until it has reached its uppermost position because of the engagement of the cross bar 11 with the end guideway 6. Just as the slide reaches its uppermost position the cam 24: will release the rod 21 and permit the spring 22 to function to project the finger into the newly raised loop. This occurs just prior to the time the slide reaches its extreme uppermost position, the loop being held open by virtue of the major and minor feet of the slide. By the time, however, that the slide has reached its uppermost position the cam will have released the rod 21, the linger 20 will have entered the newly raised loop and The top of the case is preferably left open save for a strip l0 directly above the location of the finger 20 and the back of the case may be provided with a thumb opening 41 so that when it is desired to remove the contents from the upper chamber this may be done by means of the thumb and forefinger.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the construction, operation and many advantages of my invention will be clear to those skilled in the art to which it up pertains.

lVhat I claim is:

1. In holders for stenotype paper, a case having an'upper and a lower chamber adapted to receive a pack of zigzag looped or folded paper strip, means for transferring the paper loop by loop from one chamber to the other and exhibiting a face of the strip from one chamber to the other.

2. In holders for stenotype paper, acase having a partition dividing it into two chambers to receive a zigzag folded strip-pack of paper, means for transferring the pack fold by fold from one chamber to the other While exposing one face of that portion of the paper which. overlies the chambers.

3. In holders for stenotype paper, a case having a partition dividin it into two chamhers to receive a zigzag fol ed strip of paper, 130

and means for transferring the paper fold by fold from a lower to a higher chamber, and means for holding the transferred folds against leaving the higher chamber after being transferred thereto.

4-. In holders for stenotype paper, a case having an open face, a partition within said case dividing it into a lower and an upper chamber, means holding the case in position for the observation of its contents, a shaft rotatable in hearings in said ease and located adjacent said partition, a slide carried by said shaft, said shaft having a passage for said slide to work in, guides on said case for said slide, said slide adapted to gravitate to the lower chamber when parallel thereto, means holding said slide against movement in said shaft while said shaft is being turned, said slide having provisions to enter the loop of a zigzag pack of paper placed in one of said chambers, and means to hold the loops of paper in the upper chamber upon transfer of the same thereto by said slide.

5. In holders for stenotype paper, a case having an open face, a partition within said case dividing it into a lower and an upper chamber, means holding the case in position for the observation of its contents, a shaft rotatable in bearings in said case and located adjacent said partition, a slide carried by said shaft, said shaft having a passage for said slide to work in, guides on said case for said slide, said slide adapted to gravitate to the lower chamber when parallel thereto, means holding said slide against movement in said shaft while said shaft is being turned, said slide having provisions to enter the loop of a zigzag pack of paper placed in one of said chambers, and means to hold the loops of paper in the upper chamber upon transfer of the same thereto by said slide, said last named means comprising a finger adapted for insertion in the loops or folds of the paper, and means to withdraw and insert said finger in harmony with the action of said slide.

6. In holders for stenotype paper, a case having an open face, a partition within said case dividing it into a lower and an upper chamber, means holding the case in position for the observation of its contents,a shaft rotatable in bearings in said case and located adjacent said partition, a slide carried by said shaft, said shaft having a passage for said slide to work 1n, guides on said case for said slide, said slide adapted to gravitate tothe lower chamber when parallel thereto, means holding said slide against movement in said shaft while said shaft is being turned, said slide having provisions to enter the loop of a zigzag pack of paper placed in one of said chambers, and means to hold the loops of paper in the upper chamber upon transfer of the same thereto by said slide, said last named means comprising a linger adapted for insertion in the loops orfolds of the paper, a cam'on said shaft, and operating connections between said cam and said finger for the purposes described. y

7. A holder'for paper which is folded zig zag into a pack, said holder adapted to expose a portion of said pack to view; said holder'including a case having having two chambers one of which is a receiving chamher for initially receiving the folded pack, means for transferring the pack of paper loop by loop from the receiving chamber to the other chamber and exposing one face of the paper to view along the length of said chamber.

S. A holder for paper which is folded zig zag into a pack, said holder adapted to expose a portion of said pack to view; said holder including a case having two chainbers one of which is a receiving chamber for initially receiving the folded pack, means for transferringthe pack of paper loop by loop from the receiving chamber to the other chamber and exposing one face of the paper to view along the length of said chamber, said transferring means comprising a rotatable shaft, and a slide carried by said shaft.

9. A holder for paper which is folded zigzag into a pack, said holder adaptedto expose a portion of said pack to view; said holder including a case having two chambers one of which-is a receiving chamber for initially receiving the folded pack, means for transferring the pack of paper loop by loop from the receiving chamber to the other chamber and exposing one face of the paper to view along the length of said chamber, said transferring means comprising a rotat able shaft, a slide carried by said shaft, and

means for limiting the concurrent rotation of the slide and shaft to 180.

10. A holder for paper which is folded zigzag into a pack, said holder adapted to es:- pose a portion of said pack to view; said holder including a case havingtwo chambers one of which is a receiving chamber for initially receiving the folded pack, means for transferring the pack of paper loop by loop 7 from the. receiving chamber to the other chamber and exposing one face of the paper to view along the length of said chalnbm, said. transferring means comprising a rotatab-le shaft, and a slide carried by shaft, said slide being slidable transverel of said shaft from a position across the upper chamber to a position across the lower chamber, and means to limit the concurrent rotation of said slide and shaft to an arc of 11. A holder for paper which is folded zigzag into a pack; said holder adapted to ca pose a portion of said pack to view; said holder including a case having two chambers one of which is a receiving chamber for initially receiving the folded pack, means for transferring the pack of paper loop by loop from the receiving chamber to the other chamber and exposing one face of the paper to view along the length of said chamber, said transferring means comprising a rotatable shaft, a slide carried by said shaft, said slide being slidable transversely of said shaft from a position across the upper chamber to a position across the lower chamber, means to limit the concurrent rotation of said slide and shaft to an arc of said shaft being rotatable through an arc of 360, and means limiting the direction of rotation of said shaft to one direction only.

12. A holder for paper which is folded zigzag into a pack, said holdc adapted to expose a portion of said pack to view; said holder including a case having two chambers one of which is a receiving chamber for initially receiving the folded pack, means for transferring the pack of paper loop by loop from the receiving chamber to the other chamber and exposing one face of the paper to view along; the length of said chamber,

said transferring means comprising rotat able shaft, and a slide carried by said shaft, said slide comprising a body having projecting feet at its ends, said feet adapted to engage in the loop of paper.

13. A holder for paper which is folded zi 1' zag into a pack, said holder adapted to e):- pose a portion of said pack to view; said holder including a case having two chambers one of which is a receiving chamber for initially receiving the folded pack, means for transferring the pack of paper loop by loop from the receiving chamber to the other chamber and exposing one face of the paper to view along the length of said chamber, said. transferring means comprising a. rotat able shaft, and aslide carried by said shaft, said slide comprising a body having projecting feet at its ends, said feet adapted to engage in the loop of paper, said feet havingpaper edge stops substantially a shown and described.

1%. A holder for stenotype paper comprising a case having; an upper and a lower caamber and adapted to receive a pack of Zigzag: looped or folded paper strip in one of said chambers, means for transferring the strip from the first chamber to the other chamber while exposing one face of the strip to view.

VILLIAM GORDON XVAGGONER. 

